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shrunken

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++shrunk·en /ˈʃrʌŋkən/ adjective [usually before noun]  SMALLhaving become smaller or been made smaller 皱缩的;收缩的;干瘪的 a shrunken old woman 一位干瘪的老妇人
Examples from the Corpus
shrunkenShe looked frail and shrunken.She felt now a dulled sense of degradation: she felt depraved and diminished and shrunken and old.It was a shrunken Frank, whose body seemed to have contracted out of sympathy with his shrivelled spirit.The car was driven by a man so shrunken his head hardly protruded above the steering-wheel.The physical manifestation of his manhood, as always in repose, appeared a shrunken, insignificant part of him.His shrunken skin becomes filled out and loses its coldness and pallor.Her head was shrunken under a tight-fitting felt hat.
shrunk·en adjectiveChineseSyllable
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shrunken
shrunken /ˈʃrʌŋkən/ adjective [usually before noun]
having become smaller or been made smaller:
    a shrunken old woman


shrunk·enBrE /ˈʃrʌŋkən/ 🔊NAmE /ˈʃrʌŋkən/ 🔊 adjective [usually before noun] that has become smaller (and less attractive) 皱缩的;干枯的 SYN wizened a shrunken old woman干瘪的老妇人